Science & Technology Australia

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Science & Technology Australia is an organisation representing the interests of about 68,000 Australian scientists and technologists, and promoting their views on a wide range of policy issues to the Australian Government, Australian industry, and the Australian community.

The organisation has three formal objectives:

  • to encourage scientific dialogue between industry, government, and the science and technology communities,
  • to promote public understanding of science,
  • to foster close relations between member societies.

The organisation was formerly known as the Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies (FASTS) until June 2011. The Federation was formed in late 1985, as a reaction to the 1984 Australian Federal Budget, which made substantial cuts to funding for science; its formation followed the statements of the then Minister for Science, (Barry Jones), that the Australian S&T community did not provide him with sufficient support in his dealings with cabinet.

S&T Australia member societies

The members are the societies which represent the professional interests of scientists and technologists in Australia.[1]

Agriculture and Food Sciences

Aquatic Sciences

Biological Sciences

Chemical Sciences

Geographical and Geological Sciences

Mathematical Sciences

Medical and Cognitive Sciences

Physical Sciences

Plant and Ecological Sciences

Technological Sciences

General Members

References

  1. ↑ member societies, scienceandtechnologyaustralia.org.au

External links

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